Firethorn:justtray: If by assault rifle you mean has auto capability, then yes you are probably correct. It's a safe bet to assume they are talking about a disassembled AR-15, or similar, due to the popularity of said rifle.

I especially love the 'struggled to put together'. It takes two push pins to put an AR back together. Maybe they removed the bolt assembly and didn't know how to put it back?

I think we know why - it was a woman. BURN.

As for the semantic definitions, I didn't really feel like breaking out small burst-mode, but fair enough.

Since the media in general has been completely wrong 99% of the time they say something was an "assault rifle", I'm going to guess this wasn't actually an "assault rifle", but more a "scary looking black rifle".

Click Click D'oh:I'm trying to figure out he overly complex method here.... They dissemble the guns and stash them in bags that rides in the luggage hold of discount buses running to China Town to avoid detection...

Couldn't they just put them in the trunk of their car and drive into town?